Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2020-39

September 21, 2020


HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ISSUE

These synopses are intended only as aids to the reader in identifying the subject matter covered. They may not be relied upon as authoritative interpretations.

ADMINISTRATIVE

Rev. Rul. 2020-18, page 584.

Interest rates: underpayments and overpayments. The rates for interest determined under Section 6621 of the code for the calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2020, will be 3 percent for overpayments (2 percent in the case of a corporation), 3 percent for underpayments, and 5 percent for large corporate underpayments. The rate of interest paid on the portion of a corporate overpayment exceeding $10,000 will be 0.5 percent.

26 CFR 301.6621-1: Interest rate.

INCOME TAX

Notice 2020-69, page 604.

This notice announces that the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service intend to issue regulations addressing the application of §§ 951 and 951A of the Internal Revenue Code to certain S corporations (as defined in § 1361(a)(1)) with accumulated earnings and profits, as described in § 316(a)(1). This notice also announces that the Treasury Department and the IRS intend to issue regulations addressing the treatment of qualified improvement property under the alternative depreciation system of § 168(g) for purposes of calculating qualified business asset investment for purposes of the foreign-derived intangible income and global intangible low-taxed income provisions, which were added to the Code by the enactment of Public Law No. 115-97, 131 Stat. 2054 (2017), commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).

T.D. 9906, page 579.

Nuclear Decommissioning Funds. Section 468A allows a taxpayer to elect to currently deduct amounts set aside in a qualified nuclear decommissioning fund for the purpose of decommissioning a nuclear power plant. These regulations provide rules concerning the use of those funds to decommission nuclear power plants. Specifically, the regulations revise and clarify certain provisions in existing regulations to address issues that have arisen as more nuclear plants have begun the decommissioning process. The regulations also clarify provisions in existing regulations regarding self-dealing and the definition of substantial completion of decommissioning.

26 CFR 1.468A-1; 26 CFR 1.468A-5; 26 CFR 1.468A-9

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The Bulletin is divided into four parts as follows:

Part I.—1986 Code. This part includes rulings and decisions based on provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

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Part I

T.D. 9906

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service 26 CFR Part 1 RIN 1545-BN42

Nuclear Decommissioning Funds

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Final regulations.

SUMMARY: This document contains final regulations under section 468A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code) relating to deductions for contributions to trusts maintained for decommissioning nuclear power plants and the use of the amounts in those trusts to decommission nuclear plants. The regulations revise and clarify certain provisions in existing regulations to address issues that have arisen as more nuclear plants have begun the decommissioning process.

DATES: Effective Date: These regulations are effective on September 4, 2020.

Applicability Date: For date of applicability, see §1.468A-9.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer C. Bernardini, (202) 317-6853 (not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

This document contains amendments to the income tax regulations (26 CFR part 1) under section 468A of the Code relating to deductions for contributions to trusts maintained for decommissioning nuclear power plants and the use of the amounts in those trusts to decommission nuclear plants.

Section 468A was originally enacted by section 91(c)(1) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, Public Law 98-369 (98 Stat 604) and has been amended several times, most recently by section 1310 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Public Law 109-58 (119 Stat 594). Temporary regulations (TD 9374) under section 468A were published in the Federal Register on December 31, 2007 (72 FR 74175). Final regulations finalizing and removing the temporary regulations (TD 9512) were published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2010 (75 FR 80697) (existing regulations). A notice of proposed rulemaking (REG-112800-16) (proposed regulations) was published in the Federal Register (81 FR 95929) on December 29, 2016. The proposed regulations provide additional guidance on deductions for contributions to trusts maintained for decommissioning nuclear power plants and the use of the amounts in those trusts to decommission nuclear plants under section 468A.

The Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and the IRS received several written and electronic comments in response to the proposed regulations. All comments are available at www.regulations.gov. The Treasury Department and the IRS held a public hearing on the proposed regulations on October 25, 2017.

After consideration of the comments received, including comments made at the public hearing, the proposed regulations are adopted as final regulations as revised by this Treasury decision. In general, these final regulations follow the approach of the proposed regulations with some modifications based on the recommendations made in the comments. This preamble describes the comments received by the Treasury Department and the IRS and the revisions made.

Summary of Comments and Explanation of Provisions

1. Definition of Nuclear Decommissioning Costs

A. Inclusion of Amounts Related to the Storage of Spent Fuel within Definition of Nuclear Decommissioning Costs

Section 1.468A-1(b)(6) of the existing regulations defines nuclear decommissioning costs as including “all otherwise deductible expenses to be incurred in connection with” the disposal of nuclear assets. In the proposed regulations, the Treasury Department and the IRS addressed questions regarding whether nuclear decommissioning costs include costs related to an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) for the construction or purchase of assets that would not necessarily qualify as “otherwise deductible” expenses under the existing regulations. The proposed regulations clarified the definition of nuclear decommissioning costs to specifically include ISFSI-related costs. The proposed regulations also confirmed that the requirement that an expense be “otherwise deductible” is not applicable to costs related to spent nuclear fuel generated by a nuclear power plant or plants. A commenter requested that the final regulations further clarify this point. The Treasury and the IRS view additional clarification as unnecessary and decline to adopt this suggestion.

The existing and proposed regulations assume operators typically store spent fuel in an on-site ISFSI, and thus the definition of nuclear decommissioning costs included expenses related to fuel storage in on-site ISFSIs. However, the Treasury Department and the IRS understand that because the Department of Energy has not begun accepting spent fuel for disposal in a permanent geologic repository, on-site ISFSIs currently being used by operators of nuclear power plants may become overcrowded and, as a result, operators may choose to look to off-site ISFSIs for future storage capacity. After reviewing the comments, the Treasury Department and the IRS have decided to address this consideration by broadening the definition of nuclear decommissioning costs in §1.468A-1(b)(6) to include expenses related to spent fuel storage in ISFSIs both on-site and off-site from the nuclear power plant that generates such spent fuel.

B. Inclusion of Amounts Related to a Depreciable Asset and to Land Improvements within Definition of Nuclear Decommissioning Costs

In response to questions about whether a cost must be currently deductible for that amount to be payable currently from the Fund under the “otherwise deductible” language of §1.468A-1(b)(6) of the existing regulations, the proposed regulations broadened the definition of nuclear decommissioning costs to include the total cost of depreciable or amortizable assets by adding the words “or recoverable through depreciation or amortization” following “otherwise deductible.”

Commenters suggested that the term “otherwise deductible” be removed from the definition of nuclear decommissioning costs. These commenters asserted that the “otherwise deductible” requirement is unnecessary with respect to all decommissioning costs because deductibility is not required by the legislative intent or plain language of the Code. Nuclear decommissioning costs are broadly defined in §1.468A-1(b)(5) of the regulations to include expenses incurred before, during, and after the actual decommissioning process for the nuclear power plant unit that has ceased operations. This broad definition is consistent with Congress’s recognition in enacting section 468A of the Code in 1984 (at the same time as section 461(h) relating to economic performance was enacted) that “the establishment of segregated reserve funds for paying future nuclear decommissioning costs was of sufficient national importance that a tax deduction, subject to limitations, should be provided for amounts contributed to qualified funds.” And further, “[t]axpayers who do not elect this provision are subject to the general rules in the Act which do not permit accrual basis taxpayers to deduct future liabilities prior to the time when economic performance occurs (Code Sec 461).” Joint Committee on Taxation Staff, General Explanation of the Revenue Provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, 98th Cong., 2d Sess. 270 (1984).

Nuclear decommissioning costs must be incurred for the purposes intended by Congress. However, whether nuclear decommissioning costs are “otherwise deductible” are determined under other provisions of the Code. Costs that meet the definition of nuclear decommissioning costs under section 468A are not independently deductible under section 468A. Specifically, under section 468A(c)(2), these costs are deductible when economic performance occurs under section 461(h)(2) if the costs are deductible under section 162 (or are otherwise deductible under another provision of chapter 1 of the Code). Further, the Treasury Department and the IRS believe that the broader definition of nuclear decommissioning costs in the proposed regulations will eliminate most of the issues raised by commenters suggesting deletion of “otherwise deductible,” and thus the final regulations do not adopt this suggestion.

One commenter observed that the proposed regulations can be interpreted to mean that an expense for property will not be deemed recoverable through depreciation or amortization if the property will be considered abandoned for purposes of section 165. The commenter noted that such an interpretation could lead to inconsistent results depending on the type of cost and whether such cost is incurred while the plant is still operating versus if such cost is incurred when the plant is already retired or decommissioned. The Treasury Department and the IRS do not believe that the suggested interpretation is correct. The definition of nuclear decommissioning costs in the proposed regulations should be interpreted to include costs incurred for depreciable assets as those costs are incurred, whether or not such asset will be abandoned for purposes of section 165.

Commenters suggested that the Treasury Department and the IRS consider including additional types of assets, such as land improvements, within the definition of nuclear decommissioning costs to effectuate the purpose of section 468A. The Treasury Department and the IRS agree with this suggestion. Accordingly, the final regulations broaden the definition of nuclear decommissioning costs in §1.468A-1(b)(6)(i) to include “all land improvements and otherwise deductible expenses to be incurred in connection with the entombment, decontamination, dismantlement, removal, and disposal of the structures, systems and components of a nuclear power plant, whether that nuclear power plant will continue to produce electric energy or has permanently ceased to produce electric energy.”

Commenters also noted that the use of the term “expense” may cause confusion because the common business usage of the term “expense” suggests a period cost. A commenter recommended that the final regulations use the term “expenditure,” which in common business usage denotes an outflow of resources, as more appropriate than “expense” where the reference to a period cost is not specifically intended. While the Treasury Department and the IRS acknowledge the merits of this clarification, the term “expense” is used to describe similar concepts throughout many other sections of the existing regulations. Because adoption of the term “expenditure” in §§1.468A-1 and 1.468A-5 may cause additional confusion and inconsistency with other sections of the existing regulations where the term “expense” is used for similar concepts (for example, §1.468A-4(b)(2) Treatment of Nuclear Decommissioning Fund; Modified Gross Income), the final regulations do not adopt this recommendation.

2. Clarification of the Applicability of the Self-Dealing Rules to Transactions Between the Fund and Disqualified Persons

The proposed regulations provided that, for purposes of the prohibitions against self-dealing provisions in existing §1.468A-5(b), reimbursement of decommissioning costs by the Fund to a disqualified person that paid such costs is not an act of self-dealing. The Treasury Department and the IRS received no comments on this provision, and these final regulations adopt the proposed regulations on this point.

The preamble to the proposed regulations further stated that no amount beyond what is actually paid by the disqualified person, including amounts such as direct or indirect overhead or a reasonable profit element, may be included in the reimbursement by the Fund. Several commenters recommended amending the language of §1.468A-5(b) to expand the types of expenses permitted to be reimbursed as nuclear decommissioning costs under the self-dealing rules to include direct or indirect overhead and a reasonable profit element. These commenters assert that there is no existing statutory or regulatory requirement to suggest that it is not entirely appropriate for a contributor or its affiliate to be reimbursed for overhead of any type and, in addition, a reasonable profit element, if the amount of the charge is not excessive.

Under §1.468A-5(b)(2)(v) of the existing regulations, the payment of compensation (and payment or reimbursement of expenses) by a Fund to a disqualified person for personal services that are decommissioning costs and that are reasonable and necessary to carrying out the exempt purposes of the Fund are not an act of self-dealing if such payment is purely for the compensation (and payment or reimbursement of expenses) of such services, but only to the extent such payment would ordinarily be paid for like services by like enterprises under like circumstances. See section 4951(d)(2)(C), §§53.4951-1(a), 53.4941(d)-3(c), and 1.162-7. The fact that the total amount of such payment is more than the disqualified person’s actual expenses paid for such personal services does not cause the Fund’s payment to constitute an act of self-dealing, even if the difference is properly characterized as profit, or direct or indirect overhead. See §53.4941(d)-3(c)(1). In response to the comments on this issue, the Treasury Department and the IRS have modified the language of §1.468A-5(b)(2)(v) to refer to the determination of whether a payment is reasonable under section 4951(d)(2)(C), §§53.4951-1(a), 53.4941(d)-3(c), and 1.162-7.

Conversely, one commenter observed there is a significant risk for abuse of the self-dealing rules where nuclear power plants are decommissioned by “contractors” that are also the owners of the nuclear power plant because the fees for their services or activities may also include a profit margin that is not properly reported for federal income tax purposes. As a result, the tax treatment of Funds could be exploited as a tax loophole. This commenter requested that the Treasury Department and the IRS either modify the proposed regulations to require the reporting of profits in charges paid to related entities (or to the taxpayers themselves) by a Fund, and/or promulgate reporting requirements in the implementation of the final regulations. The Treasury Department and the IRS decline to adopt this change because, as discussed above, the safeguards in place under the self-dealing rules are adequate to avoid the potential exploitation identified by the commenter.

3. Definition of “Substantial Completion” in §1.468A-5(d)(3)(i)

Existing §1.468A-5(d)(3)(i) defines the substantial completion date as “the date that the maximum acceptable radioactivity levels mandated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [NRC] with respect to a decommissioned nuclear power plant are satisfied.” The proposed regulations amended this definition to provide that the substantial completion date is the date on which all Federal, state, local, and contractual decommissioning liabilities are fully satisfied. Because the Treasury Department and the IRS received no comments on this proposed amendment, the final regulations adopt this change to the definition.

Effective/Applicability Date

Section 7805(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Code generally provides that no temporary, proposed, or final regulation relating to the internal revenue laws may apply to any taxable period ending before the earliest of (A) the date on which such regulation is filed with the Federal Register, or (B) in the case of a final regulation, the date on which a proposed or temporary regulation to which the final regulation relates was filed with the Federal Register.

The proposed regulations provided that the regulations would apply to taxable years ending on or after the date of publication of the Treasury decision adopting the proposed rules as final regulations in the Federal Register. Additionally, the preamble to the proposed regulations provided that, notwithstanding the prospective effective date, taxpayers could take return positions consistent with the proposed regulations for taxable years ending on or after December 29, 2016 (the date the proposed regulations were published in the Federal Register).

One commenter proposed that the effective and applicability dates of these regulations be amended to permit taxpayers to rely on the provisions of the final regulations for taxable years that are open as of the date the proposed regulations were published in the Federal Register. After consideration, the Treasury Department and IRS decline to adopt this comment in the final regulations. As noted in the preceding paragraph, the preamble to the proposed regulations made clear that taxpayers could take return positions consistent with the notice of proposed rulemaking for taxable years ending on or after December 29, 2016 (the date the proposed regulations were published in the Federal Register). This allowed taxpayers to request schedules of ruling amounts from the IRS (as required by section 468A(d)(1) and §1.468A-3) with respect to costs that were treated as nuclear decommissioning costs under the proposed regulations and to deduct those amounts in taxable years ending on or after December 29, 2016. However, for taxpayers that have not requested and obtained a schedule of ruling amounts for taxable years for which the deemed payment deadline date (as defined in §1.468A-2(c)(1)) has passed as of September 4, 2020, under §1.468-3(e)(v), it is impossible to obtain a schedule of ruling amounts (and therefore impossible to contribute any amount to a qualified fund) because the request for the schedule of ruling amounts would be submitted to the IRS after the deemed payment deadline date. Accordingly, while the final regulations apply to taxable years ending on or after September 4, 2020, taxpayers may apply the rules contained in the final regulations to prior taxable years for which a taxpayer’s deemed payment deadline has not passed prior to September 4, 2020. See section 7805(b)(7).

Special Analyses

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility.

These final regulations have been designated by the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) as subject to review under Executive Order 12866 pursuant to the Memorandum of Agreement (April 11, 2018) between the Treasury Department and OMB regarding review of tax regulations. OIRA has determined that the final rulemaking is significant and subject to review under Executive Order 12866 and section 1(b) of the Memorandum of Agreement.

1. Background and Need for Regulation

Federal law requires operators of nuclear power plants to dismantle these plants and safely dispose of the fuel when the useful life of the plant has expired. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rules require plant owners to demonstrate that sufficient financial resources will be available for decommissioning costs.1 Additionally, owners are required to report to the NRC at least every two years the status of a plant’s decommissioning funding. The NRC rules allow for various methods to satisfy the requirement for dedicated decommissioning funds. Section 468A of the Code is intended to facilitate these requirements by allowing taxpayers with ownership interests in nuclear power plants to elect to currently deduct the future costs of decommissioning a nuclear power plant.2 Funds for which an election has been made under section 468A are widely used in the industry, but not all decommissioning funding vehicles are section 468A funds.

The election is made pursuant to procedures provided in existing regulations under section 468A and allows taxpayers to make contributions to a Nuclear Decommissioning Fund (“Fund”) prior to the time when actual decommissioning costs are incurred.3 When amounts are actually distributed from the Fund the electing taxpayer faces a gross income inclusion. Generally, the income inclusion is offset with a corresponding deduction for the costs of decommissioning activities when they are actually performed. Funds are treated as separate taxable corporations, with investment incomes subject to a fixed 20 percent rate of tax.

Section 468A(a) limits the purposes for which amounts can be considered “nuclear decommissioning costs.” The definition of such costs forms the basis for a large portion of the rulemaking that has been issued regarding 468A and furthermore forms the bulk of the basis for the final regulations.4 As decommissioning activity increases and technologies change, additional guidance is needed to address withdrawals from the Fund to cover new costs and cost categories that may arise for purposes of decommissioning. For example, the accumulating amounts of spent nuclear fuel and the ongoing lack of a Federal repository for that fuel have led plant owners to store spent nuclear fuel in Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations (ISFSIs). The need to independently store spent fuel was not anticipated when previous IRS regulations were issued. The final regulations clarify that the costs of an ISFSI and related matters are decommissioning costs for purposes of section 468A.

More generally, the final regulations provide clarifications and updates to existing regulations in response to industry requests for public guidance on this and related issues. These clarifications generally have already been adopted by the IRS in its private letter rulings but stakeholders have requested that the regulations be amended to provide additional certainty.

2. Overview of the Final Regulations

The regulations provide guidance on deductions for contributions to funds maintained for decommissioning nuclear power plants and the use of the amounts in those funds to decommission nuclear plants under section 468A. Specifically, the regulations (1) broaden the definition of nuclear decommissioning costs in §1.468A-1(b)(6) to include expenses related to spent fuel storage in ISFSIs both on-site and off-site from the nuclear power plant that generates such spent fuel; (2) clarify that the definition of nuclear decommissioning costs in §1.468A-1(b)(6) does not only include currently deductible costs by adding the words “or recoverable through depreciation or amortization” following “otherwise deductible”; (3) broaden the definition of nuclear decommissioning costs in §1.468A-1(b)(6)(i) to include “all land improvements and otherwise deductible expenses to be incurred in connection with the entombment, decontamination, dismantlement, removal, and disposal of the structures, systems and components of a nuclear power plant, whether that nuclear power plant will continue to produce electric energy or has permanently ceased to produce electric energy”; (4) broaden the exemption from the self-dealing rules to include reimbursements to parties related to the electing taxpayer and also expand the types of expenses permitted to be reimbursed as nuclear decommissioning costs under the self-dealing rules to include direct or indirect overhead and a reasonable profit element; and (5) provide that the substantial completion date is the date on which all Federal, state, local, and contractual decommissioning liabilities are fully satisfied.

3. Economic Effects of the Final Regulations

A. Baseline

The Treasury Department and the IRS have assessed the benefits and costs of the final regulations relative to a no-action baseline reflecting anticipated Federal income tax-related behavior in the absence of these regulations.

B. Summary of Economic Effects

The final regulations provide certainty and clarity regarding the tax treatment of nuclear decommissioning costs. The Treasury Department and the IRS do not expect that the regulations will affect the decommissioning of nuclear plants in any meaningful way, including the mix or level of activities involved in decommissioning, because the management of spent nuclear fuel and related decommissioning activities are regulated by the NRC and governed by a wide range of non-tax regulations. The final regulations further do not provide any tax-based incentives that would affect in any substantial way the decision to decommission, the timing of decommissioning, or the methods chosen to decommission any plant or plants in general.

In the absence of these regulations, the Treasury Department and the IRS expect that decommissioning would generally proceed the same. The Treasury Department and the IRS further note that the final regulations largely implement existing industry expectations for tax treatment of decommissioning expenses, as informed by private letter rulings.

The Treasury Department and the IRS also considered whether the final regulations will affect decisions for owners or operators to plan, construct, or open new nuclear facilities. Future decommissioning of any new plants would take place many years from now and any issues regarding changes in technology can be expected to be dealt with through future rulemaking. Therefore, the Treasury Department and the IRS do not expect the final regulations to affect decisions about new facilities.

The Treasury Department and the IRS welcome comments on these conclusions and more generally on the economic effects of these final regulations.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

It is hereby certified that these regulations will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601). Although a substantial number of small entities may be affected, the economic impact of this rule is unlikely to be significant.

According to the Small Business Administration’s Table of Size Standards (13 CFR 121), utilities, including nuclear electric power generation with 750 or fewer employees (NAICS Code 221113), are considered small entities. According to the 2016 Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) data, there are at least seven entities with fewer than 750 employees of the 27 entities in the industry, which could be considered a substantial number of small entities for purposes of the RFA.

The economic impact of these regulations on small entities is not likely to be significant. Section 468A of the Code allows taxpayers with ownership interests in nuclear power plants to elect to currently deduct the future costs of decommissioning a nuclear power plant. The procedures for this election are set forth in existing regulations. As discussed earlier in these Special Analyses, the final regulations provide clarifications and updates to the existing regulations in response to industry requests for public guidance. These clarifications generally have already been adopted by the IRS in private letter rulings but stakeholders have requested that the regulations be amended to provide additional certainty. Because the final rule is codifying what is widely understood to be existing policy, the economic impact of this rule is not likely to be significant for any entities affected, regardless of size.

Pursuant to section 7805(f) of the Code, the proposed regulations preceding these final regulations were submitted to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration for comment on their impact on small business and no comments were received.

Paperwork Reduction Act

There is no new collection of information contained in these regulations. The collection of information contained in the regulations under section 468A has been reviewed and approved by the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) under control number 1545-2091. Responses to these collections of information are required to obtain a tax benefit.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid control number assigned by the Office of Management and Budget.

Books or records relating to a collection of information must be retained as long as their contents may become material in the administration of any internal revenue law. Generally, tax returns and tax return information are confidential, as required by section 6103 of the Code.

Drafting Information

The principal author of these regulations is Jennifer C. Bernardini, Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Passthroughs and Special Industries). However, other personnel from the IRS and the Treasury Department participated in their development.

List of Subjects in 26 CFR Part 1

Income taxes, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

Adoption of Amendments to the Regulations

Accordingly, 26 CFR part 1 is amended as follows:

PART 1—INCOME TAXES

Paragraph 1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read in part as follows:

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 7805 * * *

Par. 2. Section 1.468A-1 is amended by adding paragraphs (b)(6)(i) and (ii) to read as follows:

§1.468A-1 Nuclear decommissioning costs; general rules.

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(b) * * *

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(i) For the purpose of this title, the term nuclear decommissioning costs or decommissioning costs includes all expenses related to land improvements and otherwise deductible expenses to be incurred in connection with the entombment, decontamination, dismantlement, removal and disposal of the structures, systems and components of a nuclear power plant, whether that nuclear power plant will continue to produce electric energy or has permanently ceased to produce electric energy. Such term includes all expenses related to land improvements and otherwise deductible expenses to be incurred in connection with the preparation for decommissioning, such as engineering and other planning expenses, and all otherwise deductible expenses to be incurred with respect to the plant after the actual decommissioning occurs, such as physical security and radiation monitoring expenses. An expense is otherwise deductible for purposes of this paragraph (b)(6) if it would be deductible or recoverable through depreciation or amortization under chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code without regard to section 280B.

(ii) The term nuclear decommissioning costs or decommissioning costs, as applicable to this title, also includes expenses incurred in connection with the construction, operation, and ultimate decommissioning of a facility used solely to store, pending delivery to a permanent repository or disposal, spent nuclear fuel generated by one or more nuclear power plants (for example, an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation). Such term does not include otherwise deductible expenses to be incurred in connection with the disposal of spent nuclear fuel under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-425).

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Par. 3. Section 1.468A-5 is amended by revising the section heading and paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (v) and (d)(3)(i) to read as follows:

§1.468A-5 Nuclear decommissioning fund—miscellaneous provisions.

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(b) * * *

(2) * * *

(i) A payment by a nuclear decommissioning fund for the purpose of satisfying, in whole or in part, the liability of the electing taxpayer for decommissioning costs of the nuclear power plant to which the nuclear decommissioning fund relates, whether such payment is made to an unrelated party in satisfaction of the decommissioning liability or to the plant operator or other otherwise disqualified person as reimbursement solely for actual expenses paid by such person in satisfaction of the decommissioning liability;

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(v) Any act described in section 4951(d)(2)(B) or (C). Whether payments under section 4951(c)(2)(C) are not excessive is determined under §1.162-7. See §53.4941(d)-3(c)(1). The fact that the amount of such payments that are not excessive are also more than the disqualified person’s actual expenses for such personal services does not cause the payments to constitute acts of self-dealing, even if the difference is properly characterized as profit, or direct or indirect overhead;

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(d) * * *

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(i) The substantial completion of the decommissioning of a nuclear power plant occurs on the date on which all Federal, state, local, and contractual decommissioning requirements are fully satisfied (the substantial completion date). Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d)(3)(ii) of this section, the substantial completion date is also the termination date.

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Par. 4. Section 1.468A-9 is revised to read as follows:

§1.468A-9 Applicability dates.

(a) In general. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, §§1.468A-1 through 1.468A-8 are effective on December 23, 2010, and apply with respect to taxable years ending after such date.

(b) Special rules—(1) Taxable years ending before December 23, 2010. Special rules that are provided for taxable years ending on or before December 23, 2010, such as the special rule for certain special transfers contained in §1.468A-8(a)(4)(ii), apply with respect to such taxable years. In addition, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this section, a taxpayer may apply the provisions of §§1.468A-1 through 1.468A-8 with respect to a taxable year ending on or before December 23, 2010, if all such provisions are consistently applied.

(2) Applicability of §1.468A-1(b)(6) and §1.468A-5(b)(2)(i), (b)(2)(v), and (d)(3)(i). The rules in §§1.468A-1(b)(6) and 1.468A-5(b)(2)(i), (b)(2)(v), and (d)(3)(i) apply to taxable years ending on or after September 4, 2020. Taxpayers may also choose to apply the rules in §1.468A-1(b)(6) and §1.468A-5(b)(2)(i), (b)(2)(v), and (d)(3)(i) to prior taxable years for which a taxpayer’s deemed payment deadline (as defined in §1.468A-2(c)(1)) has not passed prior to September 4, 2020.

Sunita Lough,

Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement.

Approved: March 5, 2020.

David J. Kautter,

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Policy).

(Filed by the Office of the Federal Register on September 3, 2020, 8:45 a.m., and published in the issue of the Federal Register for September 4, 2020, 85 F.R. 55185)

1 A detailed description of nuclear decommissioning and the various Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rules are beyond the scope of this document.

2 See generally Joint Committee on Taxation Staff, General Explanation of the Revenue Provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, 98th Cong. 2d Sess. 270 (1984).

3 Electing taxpayers are permitted to contribute to the Fund amounts in accordance with a schedule of ruling amounts, which taxpayers must request and receive from the IRS. Very generally, the schedule of ruling amounts should reflect the total cost for decommissioning the plant over the estimated useful life of the plant. Section 468A(d); §1.468A-3.

4 Section 468A was added by the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984. Regulations were first promulgated in 1988 and were amended in 1992, 1994, 2007, and 2010.

Section 6621.—Determination of Rate of Interest

Rev. Rul. 2020-18

Section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code establishes the interest rates on overpayments and underpayments of tax. Under section 6621(a)(1), the overpayment rate is the sum of the federal short-term rate plus 3 percentage points (2 percentage points in the case of a corporation), except the rate for the portion of a corporate overpayment of tax exceeding $10,000 for a taxable period is the sum of the federal short-term rate plus 0.5 of a percentage point. Under section 6621(a)(2), the underpayment rate is the sum of the federal short-term rate plus 3 percentage points.

Section 6621(c) provides that for purposes of interest payable under section 6601 on any large corporate underpayment, the underpayment rate under section 6621(a)(2) is determined by substituting “5 percentage points” for “3 percentage points.” See section 6621(c) and section 301.6621-3 of the Regulations on Procedure and Administration for the definition of a large corporate underpayment and for the rules for determining the applicable date. Section 6621(c) and section 301.6621-3 are generally effective for periods after December 31, 1990.

Section 6621(b)(1) provides that the Secretary will determine the federal short- term rate for the first month in each calendar quarter. Section 6621(b)(2)(A) provides that the federal short-term rate determined under section 6621(b)(1) for any month applies during the first calendar quarter beginning after that month. Section 6621(b)(3) provides that the federal short-term rate for any month is the federal short-term rate determined during that month by the Secretary in accordance with section 1274(d), rounded to the nearest full percent (or, if a multiple of 1/2 of 1 percent, the rate is increased to the next highest full percent).

Notice 88-59, 1988-1 C.B. 546, announced that in determining the quarterly interest rates to be used for overpayments and underpayments of tax under section 6621, the Internal Revenue Service will use the federal short-term rate based on daily compounding because that rate is most consistent with section 6621 which, pursuant to section 6622, is subject to daily compounding.

The federal short-term rate determined in accordance with section 1274(d) during July 2020 is the rate published in Revenue Ruling 2020-15, 2020-32 IRB 233, to take effect beginning August 1, 2020. The federal short-term rate, rounded to the nearest full percent, based on daily compounding determined during the month of July 2020 is 0 percent. Accordingly, an overpayment rate of 3 percent (2 percent in the case of a corporation) and an underpayment rate of 3 percent are established for the calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2020. The overpayment rate for the portion of a corporate overpayment exceeding $10,000 for the calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2020 is 0.5 percent. The underpayment rate for large corporate underpayments for the calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2020, is 5 percent. These rates apply to amounts bearing interest during that calendar quarter.

Sections 6654(a)(1) and 6655(a)(1) provide that the underpayment rate established under section 6621 applies in determining the addition to tax under sections 6654 and 6655 for failure to pay estimated tax for any taxable year. Thus, the 3 percent rate also applies to estimated tax underpayments for the fourth calendar quarter beginning October 1, 2020. In addition, pursuant to section 6603(d)(4), the rate of interest on section 6603 deposits is 0 percent for the fourth calendar quarter in 2020.

Interest factors for daily compound interest for annual rates of 0.5 percent are published in Appendix A of this Revenue Ruling. Interest factors for daily compound interest for annual rates of 2 percent, 3 percent and 5 percent are published in Tables 57, 59, and 63 of Rev. Proc. 95-17, 1995-1 C.B. 611, 613, and 617.

Annual interest rates to be compounded daily pursuant to section 6622 that apply for prior periods are set forth in the tables accompanying this revenue ruling.

DRAFTING INFORMATION

The principal author of this revenue ruling is Casey R. Conrad of the Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (Procedure and Administration). For further information regarding this revenue ruling, contact Mr. Conrad at (202) 317-6844 (not a toll-free number).

APPENDIX A

365 Day Year
0.5% Compound Rate 184 Days
Days Factor Days Factor Days Factor
1 0.000013699 63 0.000863380 125 0.001713784
2 0.000027397 64 0.000877091 126 0.001727506
3 0.000041096 65 0.000890801 127 0.001741228
4 0.000054796 66 0.000904512 128 0.001754951
5 0.000068495 67 0.000918223 129 0.001768673
6 0.000082195 68 0.000931934 130 0.001782396
7 0.000095894 69 0.000945646 131 0.001796119
8 0.000109594 70 0.000959357 132 0.001809843
9 0.000123294 71 0.000973069 133 0.001823566
10 0.000136995 72 0.000986781 134 0.001837290
11 0.000150695 73 0.001000493 135 0.001851013
12 0.000164396 74 0.001014206 136 0.001864737
13 0.000178097 75 0.001027918 137 0.001878462
14 0.000191798 76 0.001041631 138 0.001892186
15 0.000205499 77 0.001055344 139 0.001905910
16 0.000219201 78 0.001069057 140 0.001919635
17 0.000232902 79 0.001082770 141 0.001933360
18 0.000246604 80 0.001096484 142 0.001947085
19 0.000260306 81 0.001110197 143 0.001960811
20 0.000274008 82 0.001123911 144 0.001974536
21 0.000287711 83 0.001137625 145 0.001988262
22 0.000301413 84 0.001151339 146 0.002001988
23 0.000315116 85 0.001165054 147 0.002015714
24 0.000328819 86 0.001178768 148 0.002029440
25 0.000342522 87 0.001192483 149 0.002043166
26 0.000356225 88 0.001206198 150 0.002056893
27 0.000369929 89 0.001219913 151 0.002070620
28 0.000383633 90 0.001233629 152 0.002084347
29 0.000397336 91 0.001247344 153 0.002098074
30 0.000411041 92 0.001261060 154 0.002111801
31 0.000424745 93 0.001274776 155 0.002125529
32 0.000438449 94 0.001288492 156 0.002139257
33 0.000452154 95 0.001302208 157 0.002152985
34 0.000465859 96 0.001315925 158 0.002166713
35 0.000479564 97 0.001329641 159 0.002180441
36 0.000493269 98 0.001343358 160 0.002194169
37 0.000506974 99 0.001357075 161 0.002207898
38 0.000520680 100 0.001370792 162 0.002221627
39 0.000534386 101 0.001384510 163 0.002235356
40 0.000548092 102 0.001398227 164 0.002249085
41 0.000561798 103 0.001411945 165 0.002262815
42 0.000575504 104 0.001425663 166 0.002276544
43 0.000589211 105 0.001439381 167 0.002290274
44 0.000602917 106 0.001453100 168 0.002304004
45 0.000616624 107 0.001466818 169 0.002317734
46 0.000630331 108 0.001480537 170 0.002331465
47 0.000644039 109 0.001494256 171 0.002345195
48 0.000657746 110 0.001507975 172 0.002358926
49 0.000671454 111 0.001521694 173 0.002372657
50 0.000685161 112 0.001535414 174 0.002386388
51 0.000698869 113 0.001549133 175 0.002400120
52 0.000712578 114 0.001562853 176 0.002413851
53 0.000726286 115 0.001576573 177 0.002427583
54 0.000739995 116 0.001590293 178 0.002441315
55 0.000753703 117 0.001604014 179 0.002455047
56 0.000767412 118 0.001617734 180 0.002468779
57 0.000781121 119 0.001631455 181 0.002482511
58 0.000794831 120 0.001645176 182 0.002496244
59 0.000808540 121 0.001658897 183 0.002509977
60 0.000822250 122 0.001672619 184 0.002523710
61 0.000835960 123 0.001686340
62 0.000849670 124 0.001700062
 

366 Day Year
0.5% Compound Rate 184 Days
Days Factor Days Factor Days Factor
1 0.000013661 63 0.000861020 125 0.001709097
2 0.000027323 64 0.000874693 126 0.001722782
3 0.000040984 65 0.000888366 127 0.001736467
4 0.000054646 66 0.000902040 128 0.001750152
5 0.000068308 67 0.000915713 129 0.001763837
6 0.000081970 68 0.000929387 130 0.001777522
7 0.000095632 69 0.000943061 131 0.001791208
8 0.000109295 70 0.000956735 132 0.001804893
9 0.000122958 71 0.000970409 133 0.001818579
10 0.000136620 72 0.000984084 134 0.001832265
11 0.000150283 73 0.000997758 135 0.001845951
12 0.000163947 74 0.001011433 136 0.001859638
13 0.000177610 75 0.001025108 137 0.001873324
14 0.000191274 76 0.001038783 138 0.001887011
15 0.000204938 77 0.001052459 139 0.001900698
16 0.000218602 78 0.001066134 140 0.001914385
17 0.000232266 79 0.001079810 141 0.001928073
18 0.000245930 80 0.001093486 142 0.001941760
19 0.000259595 81 0.001107162 143 0.001955448
20 0.000273260 82 0.001120839 144 0.001969136
21 0.000286924 83 0.001134515 145 0.001982824
22 0.000300590 84 0.001148192 146 0.001996512
23 0.000314255 85 0.001161869 147 0.002010201
24 0.000327920 86 0.001175546 148 0.002023889
25 0.000341586 87 0.001189223 149 0.002037578
26 0.000355252 88 0.001202900 150 0.002051267
27 0.000368918 89 0.001216578 151 0.002064957
28 0.000382584 90 0.001230256 152 0.002078646
29 0.000396251 91 0.001243934 153 0.002092336
30 0.000409917 92 0.001257612 154 0.002106025
31 0.000423584 93 0.001271291 155 0.002119715
32 0.000437251 94 0.001284969 156 0.002133405
33 0.000450918 95 0.001298648 157 0.002147096
34 0.000464586 96 0.001312327 158 0.002160786
35 0.000478253 97 0.001326006 159 0.002174477
36 0.000491921 98 0.001339685 160 0.002188168
37 0.000505589 99 0.001353365 161 0.002201859
38 0.000519257 100 0.001367044 162 0.002215550
39 0.000532925 101 0.001380724 163 0.002229242
40 0.000546594 102 0.001394404 164 0.002242933
41 0.000560262 103 0.001408085 165 0.002256625
42 0.000573931 104 0.001421765 166 0.002270317
43 0.000587600 105 0.001435446 167 0.002284010
44 0.000601269 106 0.001449127 168 0.002297702
45 0.000614939 107 0.001462808 169 0.002311395
46 0.000628608 108 0.001476489 170 0.002325087
47 0.000642278 109 0.001490170 171 0.002338780
48 0.000655948 110 0.001503852 172 0.002352473
49 0.000669618 111 0.001517533 173 0.002366167
50 0.000683289 112 0.001531215 174 0.002379860
51 0.000696959 113 0.001544897 175 0.002393554
52 0.000710630 114 0.001558580 176 0.002407248
53 0.000724301 115 0.001572262 177 0.002420942
54 0.000737972 116 0.001585945 178 0.002434636
55 0.000751643 117 0.001599628 179 0.002448331
56 0.000765315 118 0.001613311 180 0.002462025
57 0.000778986 119 0.001626994 181 0.002475720
58 0.000792658 120 0.001640678 182 0.002489415
59 0.000806330 121 0.001654361 183 0.002503110
60 0.000820003 122 0.001668045 184 0.002516806
61 0.000833675 123 0.001681729
62 0.000847348 124 0.001695413
 

TABLE OF INTEREST RATES PERIODS BEFORE JUL. 1, 1975 - PERIODS ENDING DEC. 31, 1986 OVERPAYMENTS AND UNDERPAYMENTS

PERIOD RATE In 1995-1 C.B. DAILY RATE TABLE
Before Jul. 1, 1975 6% Table 2, pg. 557
Jul. 1, 1975–Jan. 31, 1976 9% Table 4, pg. 559
Feb. 1, 1976–Jan. 31, 1978 7% Table 3, pg. 558
Feb. 1, 1978–Jan. 31, 1980 6% Table 2, pg. 557
Feb. 1, 1980–Jan. 31, 1982 12% Table 5, pg. 560
Feb. 1, 1982–Dec. 31, 1982 20% Table 6, pg. 560
Jan. 1, 1983–Jun. 30, 1983 16% Table 37, pg. 591
Jul. 1, 1983–Dec. 31, 1983 11% Table 27, pg. 581
Jan. 1, 1984–Jun. 30, 1984 11% Table 75, pg. 629
Jul. 1, 1984–Dec. 31, 1984 11% Table 75, pg. 629
Jan. 1, 1985–Jun. 30, 1985 13% Table 31, pg. 585
Jul. 1, 1985–Dec. 31, 1985 11% Table 27, pg. 581
Jan. 1, 1986–Jun. 30, 1986 10% Table 25, pg. 579
Jul. 1, 1986–Dec. 31, 1986 9% Table 23, pg. 577
 

TABLE OF INTEREST RATES FROM JAN. 1, 1987 - Dec. 31, 1998

OVERPAYMENTS UNDERPAYMENTS
1995-1 C.B. 1995-1 C.B. RATE
RATE TABLE PG RATE TABLE PG
Jan. 1, 1987–Mar. 31, 1987 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Apr. 1, 1987–Jun. 30, 1987 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Jul. 1, 1987–Sep. 30, 1987 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Oct. 1, 1987–Dec. 31, 1987 9% 23 577 10% 25 579
Jan. 1, 1988–Mar. 31, 1988 10% 73 627 11% 75 629
Apr. 1, 1988–Jun. 30, 1988 9% 71 625 10% 73 627
Jul. 1, 1988–Sep. 30, 1988 9% 71 625 10% 73 627
Oct. 1, 1988–Dec. 31, 1988 10% 73 627 11% 75 629
Jan. 1, 1989–Mar. 31, 1989 10% 25 579 11% 27 581
Apr. 1, 1989–Jun. 30, 1989 11% 27 581 12% 29 583
Jul. 1, 1989–Sep. 30, 1989 11% 27 581 12% 29 583
Oct. 1, 1989–Dec. 31, 1989 10% 25 579 11% 27 581
Jan. 1, 1990–Mar. 31, 1990 10% 25 579 11% 27 581
Apr. 1, 1990–Jun. 30, 1990 10% 25 579 11% 27 581
Jul. 1, 1990–Sep. 30, 1990 10% 25 579 11% 27 581
Oct. 1, 1990–Dec. 31, 1990 10% 25 579 11% 27 581
Jan. 1, 1991–Mar. 31, 1991 10% 25 579 11% 27 581
Apr. 1, 1991–Jun. 30, 1991 9% 23 577 10% 25 579
Jul. 1, 1991–Sep. 30, 1991 9% 23 577 10% 25 579
Oct. 1, 1991–Dec. 31, 1991 9% 23 577 10% 25 579
Jan. 1, 1992–Mar. 31, 1992 8% 69 623 9% 71 625
Apr. 1, 1992–Jun. 30, 1992 7% 67 621 8% 69 623
Jul. 1, 1992–Sep. 30, 1992 7% 67 621 8% 69 623
Oct. 1, 1992–Dec. 31, 1992 6% 65 619 7% 67 621
Jan. 1, 1993–Mar. 31, 1993 6% 17 571 7% 19 573
Apr. 1, 1993–Jun. 30, 1993 6% 17 571 7% 19 573
Jul. 1, 1993–Sep. 30, 1993 6% 17 571 7% 19 573
Oct. 1, 1993–Dec. 31, 1993 6% 17 571 7% 19 573
Jan. 1, 1994–Mar. 31, 1994 6% 17 571 7% 19 573
Apr. 1, 1994–Jun. 30, 1994 6% 17 571 7% 19 573
Jul. 1, 1994–Sep. 30, 1994 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Oct. 1, 1994–Dec. 31, 1994 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Jan. 1, 1995–Mar. 31, 1995 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Apr. 1, 1995–Jun. 30, 1995 9% 23 577 10% 25 579
Jul. 1, 1995–Sep. 30, 1995 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Oct. 1, 1995–Dec. 31, 1995 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Jan. 1, 1996–Mar. 31, 1996 8% 69 623 9% 71 625
Apr. 1, 1996–Jun. 30, 1996 7% 67 621 8% 69 623
Jul. 1, 1996–Sep. 30, 1996 8% 69 623 9% 71 625
Oct. 1, 1996–Dec. 31, 1996 8% 69 623 9% 71 625
Jan. 1, 1997–Mar. 31, 1997 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Apr. 1, 1997–Jun. 30, 1997 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Jul. 1, 1997–Sep. 30, 1997 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Oct. 1, 1997–Dec. 31, 1997 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Jan. 1, 1998–Mar. 31, 1998 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Apr. 1, 1998–Jun. 30, 1998 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Jul. 1, 1998–Sep. 30, 1998 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Oct. 1, 1998–Dec. 31, 1998 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
 

TABLE OF INTEREST RATES FROM JANUARY 1, 1999 - PRESENT NONCORPORATE OVERPAYMENTS AND UNDERPAYMENTS

1995-1 C.B.
RATE TABLE PAGE
Jan. 1, 1999–Mar. 31, 1999 7% 19 573
Apr. 1, 1999–Jun. 30, 1999 8% 21 575
Jul. 1, 1999–Sep. 30, 1999 8% 21 575
Oct. 1, 1999–Dec. 31, 1999 8% 21 575
Jan. 1, 2000–Mar. 31, 2000 8% 69 623
Apr. 1, 2000–Jun. 30, 2000 9% 71 625
Jul. 1, 2000–Sep. 30, 2000 9% 71 625
Oct. 1, 2000–Dec. 31, 2000 9% 71 625
Jan. 1, 2001–Mar. 31, 2001 9% 23 577
Apr. 1, 2001–Jun. 30, 2001 8% 21 575
Jul. 1, 2001–Sep. 30, 2001 7% 19 573
Oct. 1, 2001–Dec. 31, 2001 7% 19 573
Jan. 1, 2002–Mar. 31, 2002 6% 17 571
Apr. 1, 2002–Jun. 30, 2002 6% 17 571
Jul. 1, 2002–Sep. 30, 2002 6% 17 571
Oct. 1, 2002–Dec. 31, 2002 6% 17 571
Jan. 1, 2003–Mar. 31, 2003 5% 15 569
Apr. 1, 2003–Jun. 30, 2003 5% 15 569
Jul. 1, 2003–Sep. 30, 2003 5% 15 569
Oct. 1, 2003–Dec. 31, 2003 4% 13 567
Jan. 1, 2004–Mar. 31, 2004 4% 61 615
Apr. 1, 2004–Jun. 30, 2004 5% 63 617
Jul. 1, 2004–Sep. 30, 2004 4% 61 615
Oct. 1, 2004–Dec. 31, 2004 5% 63 617
Jan. 1, 2005–Mar. 31, 2005 5% 15 569
Apr. 1, 2005–Jun. 30, 2005 6% 17 571
Jul. 1, 2005–Sep. 30, 2005 6% 17 571
Oct. 1, 2005–Dec. 31, 2005 7% 19 573
Jan. 1, 2006–Mar. 31, 2006 7% 19 573
Apr. 1, 2006–Jun. 30, 2006 7% 19 573
Jul. 1, 2006–Sep. 30, 2006 8% 21 575
Oct. 1, 2006–Dec. 31, 2006 8% 21 575
Jan. 1, 2007–Mar. 31, 2007 8% 21 575
Apr. 1, 2007–Jun. 30, 2007 8% 21 575
Jul. 1, 2007–Sep. 30, 2007 8% 21 575
Oct. 1, 2007–Dec. 31, 2007 8% 21 575
Jan. 1, 2008–Mar. 31, 2008 7% 67 621
Apr. 1, 2008–Jun. 30, 2008 6% 65 619
Jul. 1, 2008–Sep. 30, 2008 5% 63 617
Oct. 1, 2008–Dec. 31, 2008 6% 65 619
Jan. 1, 2009–Mar. 31, 2009 5% 15 569
Apr. 1, 2009–Jun. 30, 2009 4% 13 567
Jul. 1, 2009–Sep. 30, 2009 4% 13 567
Oct. 1, 2009–Dec. 31, 2009 4% 13 567
Jan. 1, 2010–Mar. 31, 2010 4% 13 567
Apr. 1, 2010–Jun. 30, 2010 4% 13 567
Jul. 1, 2010–Sep. 30, 2010 4% 13 567
Oct. 1, 2010–Dec. 31, 2010 4% 13 567
Jan. 1, 2011–Mar. 31, 2011 3% 11 565
Apr. 1, 2011–Jun. 30, 2011 4% 13 567
Jul. 1, 2011-—Sep. 30, 2011 4% 13 567
Oct. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2011 3% 11 565
Jan. 1, 2012–Mar. 31, 2012 3% 59 613
Apr. 1, 2012–Jun. 30, 2012 3% 59 613
Jul. 1, 2012–Sep. 30, 2012 3% 59 613
Oct. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2012 3% 59 613
Jan. 1, 2013–Mar. 31, 2013 3% 11 565
Apr. 1, 2013–Jun. 30, 2013 3% 11 565
Jul. 1, 2013–Sep. 30, 2013 3% 11 565
Oct. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2013 3% 11 565
Jan. 1, 2014–Mar. 31, 2014 3% 11 565
Apr. 1, 2014–Jun. 30, 2014 3% 11 565
Jul. 1, 2014–Sep. 30, 2014 3% 11 565
Oct. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2014 3% 11 565
Jan. 1, 2015–Mar. 31, 2015 3% 11 565
Apr. 1, 2015–Jun. 30, 2015 3% 11 565
Jul. 1, 2015–Sep. 30, 2015 3% 11 565
Oct. 1. 2015–Dec. 31, 2015 3% 11 565
Jan. 1, 2016–Mar. 31, 2016 3% 59 613
Apr. 1, 2016–Jun. 30, 2016 4% 61 615
Jul. 1, 2016–Sep. 30, 2016 4% 61 615
Oct. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2016 4% 61 615
Jan. 1, 2017–Mar. 31, 2017 4% 13 567
Apr. 1, 2017–Jun. 30, 2017 4% 13 567
Jul. 1, 2017–Sep. 30, 2017 4% 13 567
Oct. 1, 2017–Dec. 31, 2017 4% 13 567
Jan. 1, 2018–Mar. 31, 2018 4% 13 567
Apr. 1, 2018–Jun. 30, 2018 5% 15 569
Jul. 1, 2018–Sep. 30, 2018 5% 15 569
Oct. 1, 2018–Dec. 31, 2018 5% 15 569
Jan. 1, 2019–Mar. 31, 2019 6% 17 571
Apr. 1, 2019–Jun. 30, 2019 6% 17 571
Jul. 1, 2019–Sep. 30, 2019 5% 15 569
Oct. 1, 2019–Dec. 31, 2019 5% 15 569
Jan. 1, 2020–Mar. 31, 2020 5% 63 617
Apr. 1, 2020–Jun. 30, 2020 5% 63 617
Jul. 1, 2020–Sep. 30, 2020 3% 59 613
Oct. 1, 2020–Dec. 31, 2020 3% 59 613
 

TABLE OF INTEREST RATES FROM JANUARY 1, 1999 - PRESENT CORPORATE OVERPAYMENTS AND UNDERPAYMENTS

OVERPAYMENTS UNDERPAYMENTS
1995-1 C.B. 1995-1 C.B.
RATE TABLE PG RATE TABLE PG
Jan. 1, 1999–Mar. 31, 1999 6% 17 571 7% 19 573
Apr. 1, 1999–Jun. 30, 1999 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Jul. 1, 1999–Sep. 30, 1999 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Oct. 1, 1999–Dec. 31, 1999 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Jan. 1, 2000–Mar. 31, 2000 7% 67 621 8% 69 623
Apr. 1, 2000–Jun. 30, 2000 8% 69 623 9% 71 625
Jul. 1, 2000–Sep. 30, 2000 8% 69 623 9% 71 625
Oct. 1, 2000–Dec. 31, 2000 8% 69 623 9% 71 625
Jan. 1, 2001–Mar. 31, 2001 8% 21 575 9% 23 577
Apr. 1, 2001–Jun. 30, 2001 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Jul. 1, 2001–Sep. 30, 2001 6% 17 571 7% 19 573
Oct. 1, 2001–Dec. 31, 2001 6% 17 571 7% 19 573
Jan. 1, 2002–Mar. 31, 2002 5% 15 569 6% 17 571
Apr. 1, 2002–Jun. 30, 2002 5% 15 569 6% 17 571
Jul. 1, 2002–Sep. 30, 2002 5% 15 569 6% 17 571
Oct. 1, 2002–Dec. 31, 2002 5% 15 569 6% 17 571
Jan. 1, 2003–Mar. 31, 2003 4% 13 567 5% 15 569
Apr. 1, 2003–Jun. 30, 2003 4% 13 567 5% 15 569
Jul. 1, 2003–Sep. 30, 2003 4% 13 567 5% 15 569
Oct. 1, 2003–Dec. 31, 2003 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Jan. 1, 2004–Mar. 31, 2004 3% 59 613 4% 61 615
Apr. 1, 2004–Jun. 30, 2004 4% 61 615 5% 63 617
Jul. 1, 2004–Sep. 30, 2004 3% 59 613 4% 61 615
Oct. 1, 2004–Dec. 31, 2004 4% 61 615 5% 63 617
Jan. 1, 2005–Mar. 31, 2005 4% 13 567 5% 15 569
Apr. 1, 2005–Jun. 30, 2005 5% 15 569 6% 17 571
Jul. 1, 2005–Sep. 30, 2005 5% 15 569 6% 17 571
Oct. 1, 2005–Dec. 31, 2005 6% 17 571 7% 19 573
Jan. 1, 2006–Mar. 31, 2006 6% 17 571 7% 19 573
Apr. 1, 2006–Jun. 30, 2006 6% 17 571 7% 19 573
Jul. 1, 2006–Sep. 30, 2006 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Oct. 1, 2006–Dec. 31, 2006 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Jan. 1, 2007–Mar. 31, 2007 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Apr. 1, 2007–Jun. 30, 2007 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Jul. 1, 2007–Sep. 30, 2007 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Oct. 1, 2007–Dec. 31, 2007 7% 19 573 8% 21 575
Jan. 1, 2008–Mar. 31, 2008 6% 65 619 7% 67 621
Apr. 1, 2008–Jun. 30, 2008 5% 63 617 6% 65 619
Jul. 1, 2008–Sep. 30, 2008 4% 61 615 5% 63 617
Oct. 1, 2008–Dec. 31, 2008 5% 63 617 6% 65 619
Jan. 1, 2009–Mar. 31, 2009 4% 13 567 5% 15 569
Apr. 1, 2009–Jun. 30, 2009 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Jul. 1, 2009–Sep. 30, 2009 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Oct. 1, 2009–Dec. 31, 2009 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Jan. 1, 2010–Mar. 31, 2010 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Apr. 1, 2010–Jun. 30, 2010 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Jul. 1, 2010–Sep. 30, 2010 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Oct. 1, 2010–Dec. 31, 2010 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Jan. 1, 2011–Mar. 31, 2011 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Apr. 1, 2011–Jun. 30, 2011 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Jul. 1, 2011–Sep. 30, 2011 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Oct. 1, 2011–Dec. 31, 2011 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Jan. 1, 2012–Mar. 31, 2012 2% 57 611 3% 59 613
Apr. 1, 2012–Jun. 30, 2012 2% 57 611 3% 59 613
Jul. 1, 2012–Sep. 30, 2012 2% 57 611 3% 59 613
Oct. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2012 2% 57 611 3% 59 613
Jan. 1, 2013–Mar. 31, 2013 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Apr. 1, 2013–Jun. 30, 2013 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Jul. 1, 2013–Sep. 30, 2013 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Oct. 1, 2013–Dec. 31, 2013 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Jan. 1, 2014–Mar. 31, 2014 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Apr. 1, 2014–Jun. 30, 2014 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Jul. 1, 2014–Sep. 30, 2014 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Oct. 1, 2014–Dec. 31, 2014 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Jan. 1, 2015–Mar. 31, 2015 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Apr. 1, 2015—Jun. 30, 2015 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Jul. 1, 2015–Sep. 30, 2015 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Oct. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2015 2% 9 563 3% 11 565
Jan. 1, 2016–Mar. 31, 2016 2% 57 611 3% 59 613
Apr. 1, 2016–Jun. 30, 2016 3% 59 613 4% 61 615
Jul. 1, 2016–Sep. 30, 2016 3% 59 613 4% 61 615
Oct. 1, 2016–Dec. 31, 2016 3% 59 613 4% 61 615
Jan. 1, 2017–Mar. 31, 2017 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Apr. 1, 2017–Jun. 30, 2017 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Jul. 1, 2017–Sep. 30, 2017 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Oct. 1, 2017–Dec. 31,, 2017 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Jan. 1, 2018–Mar. 31, 2018 3% 11 565 4% 13 567
Apr. 1, 2018–Jun. 30, 2018 4% 13 567 5% 15 569
Jul. 1, 2018–Sep. 30, 2018 4% 13 567 5% 15 569
Oct. 1, 2018–Dec. 31, 2018 4% 13 567 5% 15 569
Jan. 1, 2019–Mar. 31, 2019 5% 15 569 6% 17 571
Apr. 1, 2019–Jun. 30, 2019 5% 15 569 6% 17 571
Jul. 1, 2019–Sep. 30, 2019 4% 13 567 5% 15 569
Oct. 1, 2019–Dec. 31, 2019 4% 13 567 5% 15 569
Jan. 1, 2020–Mar. 31, 2020 4% 61 615 5% 63 617
Apr. 1, 2020–Jun. 30, 2020 4% 61 615 5% 63 617
Jul. 1, 2020–Sep. 30, 2020 2% 57 611 3% 59 613
Oct. 1, 2020–Dec. 31, 2020 2% 57 611 3% 59 613
 

TABLE OF INTEREST RATES FOR LARGE CORPORATE UNDERPAYMENTS FROM JANUARY 1, 1991 - PRESENT

1995-1 C.B.
RATE TABLE PG
Jan. 1, 1991–Mar. 31, 1991 13% 31 585
Apr. 1, 1991–Jun. 30, 1991 12% 29 583
Jul. 1, 1991–Sep. 30, 1991 12% 29 583
Oct. 1, 1991–Dec. 31, 1991 12% 29 583
Jan. 1, 1992–Mar. 31, 1992 11% 75 629
Apr. 1, 1992–Jun. 30, 1992 10% 73 627
Jul. 1, 1992–Sep. 30, 1992 10% 73 627
Oct. 1, 1992–Dec. 31, 1992 9% 71 625
Jan. 1, 1993–Mar. 31, 1993 9% 23 577
Apr. 1, 1993–Jun. 30, 1993 9% 23 577
Jul. 1, 1993–Sep. 30, 1993 9% 23 577
Oct. 1, 1993–Dec. 31, 1993 9% 23 577
Jan. 1, 1994–Mar. 31, 1994 9% 23 577
Apr. 1, 1994–Jun. 30, 1994 9% 23 577
Jul. 1, 1994–Sep. 30, 1994 10% 25 579
Oct. 1, 1994–Dec. 31, 1994 11% 27 581
Jan. 1, 1995–Mar. 31, 1995 11% 27 581
Apr. 1, 1995–Jun. 30, 1995 12% 29 583
Jul. 1, 1995–Sep. 30, 1995 11% 27 581
Oct. 1, 1995–Dec. 31, 1995 11% 27 581
Jan. 1, 1996–Mar. 31, 1996 11% 75 629
Apr. 1, 1996–Jun. 30, 1996 10% 73 627
Jul. 1, 1996–Sep. 30, 1996 11% 75 629
Oct. 1, 1996–Dec. 31, 1996 11% 75 629
Jan. 1, 1997–Mar. 31, 1997 11% 27 581
Apr. 1, 1997–Jun. 30, 1997 11% 27 581
Jul. 1, 1997–Sep. 30, 1997 11% 27 581
Oct. 1, 1997–Dec. 31, 1997 11% 27 581
Jan. 1, 1998–Mar. 31, 1998 11% 27 581
Apr. 1, 1998–Jun. 30, 1998 10% 25 579
Jul. 1, 1998–Sep. 30, 1998 10% 25 579
Oct. 1, 1998–Dec. 31, 1998 10% 25 579
Jan. 1, 1999–Mar. 31, 1999 9% 23 577
Apr. 1, 1999–Jun. 30, 1999 10% 25 579
Jul. 1, 1999–Sep. 30, 1999 10% 25 579
Oct. 1, 1999–Dec. 31, 1999 10% 25 579
Jan. 1, 2000–Mar. 31, 2000 10% 73 627
Apr. 1, 2000–Jun. 30, 2000 11% 75 629
Jul. 1, 2000–Sep. 30, 2000 11% 75 629
Oct. 1, 2000–Dec. 31, 2000 11% 75 629
Jan. 1, 2001–Mar. 31, 2001 11% 27 581
Apr. 1, 2001–Jun. 30, 2001 10% 25 579